THE GULF WAR: The Political Front : In the United Nations
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U.N. Secretary General Javier Perez de Cuellar condemned allied BOMBING RAIDS on the highway from Baghdad to Amman, the main thoroughfare for refugees fleeing Iraq to Jordan. He called Jordan “an innocent victim” of the Gulf War. The State Department said Jordanian truck drivers are using the highway to break the U.N. trade embargo. It also accused Iraq of mingling military equipment with civilian convoys. IRAQ accused the U.N. chief of remaining silent while the allies bomb Iraqi civilians. Foreign Minister Tarik Aziz’s message spoke of “horrendous and deliberate crimes against Iraqi citizens and their economic, scientific, cultural and religious installations” in the air raids.
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